Roman roads in England at a glance
England has about 10,124 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 1,252 segments. None of it is classed as certain: almost all of it is conjectured, so the line on the map is a best estimate of the course rather than a surveyed route. 6 roads here have a well-known name, and the longest is Ermine Street. 321 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 10,124 kmof Roman road
- 1,252segments
- 6named roads
- 321Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 0 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 10,000 | 99% |
| Hypothetical | 124 | 1% |
Certain: well documented, mapped to within about 50 to 200 m. Conjectured: known road, course less precisely documented. Hypothetical: route not pinned down, or existence uncertain.
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Named Roman roads in England
The longest is the Ermine Street, with 421 km of it in England.
| Road | Length in England (km) |
|---|---|
| Ermine Street | 421 |
| Fosse Way | 372 |
| Watling Street | 352 |
| Dere Street | 194 |
| Akeman Street | 119 |
| Stane Street | 93.3 |
Roman places in England
321 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. These 60 are the most important. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Londinium
- Verulamium
- Derventio
- Durobrivae (Water Newton)
- Mamucio
- Bremetennacum Veteranorum
- Ariconium
- Durovernum
- Calleva
- Durno(no)varia
- Korinion
- Deva
- Letocetum
- Vindocladia
- Combretovium
- Wheathampstead
- Duroliponte
- Eburacum
- Lindinis
- Luguvalium
- Braughing
- Caesaromagus
- Isca Dumnoniorum
- Magnis
- Templebrough
- Magiovinium
- Lactodorum
- Venta
- Col. Glevum
- Milecastle 22 (Portgate)
- Venonis
- Baldock
- Cunetio
- Derventio
- Durobrivae
- Low Borrowbridge
- Navio
- Ratae
- Sandy
- Alchester
- Brocavum
- Col. Camulodunum
- Ilkley (Verbeia?)
- Strutt's Park Roman fort
- Wimpole Lodge
- Calcaria
- Coccium?
- Danum?
- Isurium
- Kingscote
- Lower Lea
- Noviomagus
- Pennocrucium
- Viroconium
- Branogenium
- Kalagon
- Rutupiae
- Vinovia
- Abone
- Branston Roman villa
Towns near Roman roads in England
These are the larger towns in England that lie within 5 km of a Roman road line on the map (not counting the hypothetical lines). Being close to a Roman road does not make a town Roman, but it shows where the old routes still pass by today.
- London
- Birmingham
- Manchester
- Sheffield
- Leeds
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the England boundary. See all data sources and licences.
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Counties and areas in England
- North Yorkshire (560 km)
- Lincolnshire (530 km)
- Hertfordshire (519 km)
- Cumbria (478 km)
- Cambridgeshire (409 km)
- Gloucestershire (396 km)
- Buckinghamshire (348 km)
- Norfolk (341 km)
- Kent (334 km)
- Northumberland (298 km)
- Bedfordshire (296 km)
- Wiltshire (278 km)
- Hampshire (276 km)
- Suffolk (275 km)
- Essex (263 km)
- Greater London (263 km)
- Derbyshire (241 km)
- Somerset (241 km)
- Lancashire (237 km)
- Oxfordshire (235 km)
- Devon (223 km)
- Herefordshire (214 km)
- Shropshire (211 km)
- West Sussex (203 km)
- Cheshire (198 km)
- West Yorkshire (190 km)
- Staffordshire (187 km)
- East Riding of Yorkshire (175 km)
- Northamptonshire (172 km)
- Leicestershire (165 km)
- Dorset (164 km)
- East Sussex (157 km)
- Durham (140 km)
- Warwickshire (140 km)
- Greater Manchester (123 km)
- Worcestershire (115 km)
- South Yorkshire (112 km)
- Berkshire (107 km)
- Nottinghamshire (86.9 km)
- Surrey (86.4 km)
- Tyne & Wear (41.8 km)
- West Midlands (38 km)
- Rutland (19.7 km)
- Bristol (18.2 km)
- City and County of the City of London (8.5 km)
- Merseyside (6.3 km)
- Cornwall (2.2 km)